US research agency IARPA is conducting an open competition under one of its main programs that challenges participants to build a system where users search audio and text documents in low-resource languages using English queries. Continue reading
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Game developer and publisher Goodgame Studios considers localization an integral part of the development process. Localization Manager credits “great collaboration” with LSPs for high language volumes not being a problem. Continue reading
ZOO Digital shares dive on revenue and earnings miss after large localization project was cancelled unexpectedly and a secular decline in its legacy DVD and Blu-ray business accelerates. Continue reading
Google is concerned it might be mistakenly assuming genders in machine translation; initial effort to reduce gender bias only the first step in dealing with similar challenges in neural machine translation. Continue reading
SDL projects 2018 revenues to be in the range of GBP 323–325m and EBITA of no less than GBP 28.5m. Shares open flat in early London trading as results came in as expected. Continue reading
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Features 23 buyer profiles along industry verticals including buyer name, translation volume and / or spend (where available), technology used, sourcing approach, other key insights Continue reading
A group of translation buyers, all Translation Memory experts, have compiled their own “how-to” guide on Best Practices in Translation Memory Management. Continue reading
In its first acquisition after the transformative Moravia deal, RWS buys Canadian legal and finance boutique language service provider Alpha Translations for USD 6m. Continue reading
Lionbridge acquires former crowdsourcing translation startup Gengo in bid to boost AI training data and services business. Continue reading
European Commission funded survey centered around Spain and Italy examines buyer behavior and pricing data and reveals private sector is more open to using video interpreting than public sector. Continue reading
As TransPerfect posts USD 705m in full-year revenues for 2018, CEO Phil Shawe comments on the company’s record setting 2018, his M&A outlook for 2019, neural machine translation, and why Amazon and Google don’t really worry him. Continue reading
EU’s Translation Centre (CdT) forecasts revenues of EUR 46.7m from internal spend in 2019. Seeks to increase rates to balance budget, while reducing outsourcing to language service providers. Continue reading
Download Slator’s 2018 Language Industry M&A and Funding Report — an in-depth summary and analysis of the 48 language industry mergers and acquisitions and ten startup funding rounds Slator covered in 2018. Continue reading
Zoo Digital and Appen outperformed global markets and peers in 2018. SDL and RWS notched up marginal gains, while Keywords took a beating in the second half of the year. Continue reading
Translation technology startup Lilt has hired former Lionbridge Chief Sales Officer Paula Shannon as Advisor. The move follows the company’s decision to begin offering services. Continue reading
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